Definition: Organic acid that contains a small carboxylic acid (COOH) with an amino group (NH2) and a side group that defines it.
Context: Transfer RNAs are small, fold into a cloverleaf shape, and come in several different varieties, each type bonded to one of the 20 types of amino acid
Notes: Amino-acid (adj.)
Weighting mark: nor
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Term: KNOOP, Volker, MÜLLER, Kai (2009). Gene und Stammbäume. 2. Aufl. Heidelberg: Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, 357.
Definition: KNOOP, Volker, MÜLLER, Kai (2009). Gene und Stammbäume. 2. Aufl. Heidelberg: Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, 357.
Context: SNAPS, Klaus-Peter W., KESSLER, Oliver, FETZNER, Ulrich (Hrsg.) (2008). Das Zweite – kompakt: Grundlagen. Berlin: Springer Verlag, 49.
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Michigan State University, Department of Chemistry. Online material available at: http://www.cem.msu.edu/~cem252/sp97/ch24/ch24aa.html